Training, Skills & Equipment

All members of the Chiltington Area First Responder Team undergo intensive training and assessment with Paramedic Training Officers from the South East Coast Ambulance Service-NHS Trust, to enable them to deliver the following level of skills and care using the equipment below:

Skills and equipment which First Responders are qualified in:-

• Use of Automated. External. Defibrillator (AED)
• Oxygen Therapy
• Bag-Mask-Valve Resuscitation and Airway Adjuncts
• C.P.R. (Cardio. Pulmonary. Resuscitation.)
• First Aid, Patient Care & Assessment

Types of medical emergencies which First Responders are trained for:-

• Cardiac arrest
  
• Unconscious and collapsed patients
• Chest pains (e.g. heart attacks and acute angina)
• Breathing difficulties (e.g. asthma, acute on-set bronchitis/emphysema)
• Diabetic emergencies (e.g. hypoglycemia)
• Fitting or convulsions (e.g. epilepsy)
• Stroke (CVA)
• Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction)
• Choking patients

The CHART team also undertake regular training meetings to ensure that all team members can give the best possible emergency care to our community within their competence.